Study it in the app“And command the people, saying, ‘You are about to pass through the territory of your brothers, the sons of Esau, who live in Seir, and they will be afraid of you. So guard yourselves carefully:”
And commandוְ צַוthe people,אֶת הָעָםsaying,לֵאמֹר‘Youאַתֶּםare about to passעֹבְרִיםthrough the territoryבִּגְבוּלof your brothers,אֲחֵיכֶםthe sonsבְּנֵיof Esau,עֵשָׂוwho liveהַיֹּשְׁבִיםin Seir,בְּשֵׂעִירand they will be afraidוְיִירְאוּof you.מִכֶּםSo guard yourselvesוְנִשְׁמַרְתֶּםcarefully:מְאֹד
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsav” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearspass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “ovrim” appearsterritory
The land within that border.
Where else “gevul” appearscountryman
Someone of the same people, or a friend.
Where else “ache” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearsEsau
Esau, the elder son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob; also called Edom, father of the Edomites. The name also stands for his descendants.
Where else “esav” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshvim” appearsSeir
Seir, the hill country south of the Dead Sea, later the land of Edom; also its first inhabitants, and a mountain in Judah.
Where else “seir” appearsfear
To feel fear before danger or before someone stronger.
Where else “yiru” appearstake care
To watch out for oneself.
Where else “nishmartem” appearsvery
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appears3“You have gone around this mountain long enough. Turn north.
4 · This verse (above)
5do not provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even the treading of the sole of a foot, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession.
